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How to get the true textual verbose "No GUI boot + OS boot information" working again in Windows 10?
I find myself frequently needing much more information at Windows 10 startup than what we can seem to coax out of it now. It used to be possible to go into msconfig and select some options to get the ...
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Why can't I just dd the Windows 10 ISO to an USB stick?
Why can't I just use isohybrid and then dd the Windows 10 ISO to a USB stick and boot it, and call it a day?
What is so special about this ISO?
Most posts refer to either using a Windows machine to ...
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Windows 10 fail to boot with 0xc0000001 error code
Introduction
Hello, I'm running multiboot installation on machine with UEFI. I have Windows 10 and Ubuntu installed, managed by Grub at startup and I have laptop working like this for about half a ...
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Windows 10 recovery/restore infinite loop without login access
my asus laptop TP300L is stuck in an infinite loop, I cannot access windows as the computer reboots before I can do anything.
Situation
here is the sequence of screens I get:
asus logo
a spinner ...
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Windows 7 installation loses volume label after reboot if no drive letter assigned
Here is my problem:
I have had a Dell laptop with the following partitions:
39 MB - (OEM Partition);
14 GB, label: RECOVERY, no drive letter;
200 GB, label: OS, drive letter C:
I used the "Minitool"...
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Computer can not see any bootable USB devices
I have a computer, where Windows got corrupted. At this point there are two SSD's in it that are both formatted. So no more Windows.
I would like to install Windows on it, but I can't get it to boot ...
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USB-C port only works if devices plugged during boot, and won't be recognized if Windows is running
My Dell XPS 9560 has an USB-C port, and it doesn't work correctly. If I plug in a device during boot (I mean before pressing power button), Windows can recognize it and things work normally. However, ...
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Is there a way to create a permanent virtual USB drive in WIndows?
Is there a way to create a virtual USB drive, through some UEFI magic that stays there during boot and would be bootable? I have seen recovery programs do this where they create a virtual USB drive or ...
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Windows displaying boot information instead of booting
I recently upgraded to Windows 10, but after a few days my system fails to boot up.
It shows general information about my PC like CPU CLOCK, CPU ID, DRAM at Bank(s), etc.
Here is a photograph of the ...
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How to automatically run an app as administrator and make its UI visible to non-admin users under Windows 8
I have found many examples of how to get apps to automatically start and run (without UAC prompting), but have not managed to find one that allows the app's UI to be visible to a non-admin account. ...
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How to install dism through command line in windows 7 by booting from a recovery windows 7 iso in a USB?
Recently I installed a faulty security update (2823324) released by Microsoft http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2839011 . My computer is constantly getting blue screen and restarting. I have tried each ...
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Windows 8.1 INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE error preventing startup
Background
My Fujitsu Lifebook laptop (running Windows 8.1) has gradually been getting slower over the last few months, so I recently took steps to speed it up. These included:
Making use of the ...
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Windows won't boot after power cut. Windows installation USB won't boot either
A few months ago, a very brief power outage occurred while I was using Windows 10. It lasted less than a second and when I turned my computer on again, it booted into Ubuntu, which was installed on an ...
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Custom built PC takes 10 minutes to boot up
I built a music production rig about 3 years ago. The specs are:
Motherboard: MSI B350 Tomahawk Plus.
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3600
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Windows 11 won't boot normally after hibernating
After hibernating, I wake my Asus FA507RC up, but something strange: The Asus logo appear on the screen, and the spinner start spinning one second, then the screen black, then the logo and spinner ...
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